Cushioned seat



July 23, 1940. J. E. BLOOMBERG CUSHIONED SEAT Filed Dec.. 24, 1957 FIG. 4.

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. ATTORNEY Patented July 23,1940 g gg ng UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE CUSHIONED SEAT Joseph E. Bloomberg, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to Milwaukee Saddlery Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application December 24, 1937, Serial No. 181,516

2 Claims. (01. 155179) The invention relates to cushioned seats and In accordance with the present invention, I more particularly to what are commonly called provide a longitudinal slot or opening l2 in the bucket type seats. cushion along the central part of the bottom of Bucket type seats, because of the relatively the cavity 6. The sides of the cushioning madeep cavities formed therein, collect water when terial are protected by pieces l3 of waterproofed 5 exposed to the weather, as is frequently the case I flexible material, such as canvas, each of which where the seats are mounted on agricultural imextends along the base plate as at M, then upplements, motor cycles, etc. Furthermore, where wardly at E5 along the side of the opening l2, this type of seat is provided with a relatively and then back'wardly at it over the top of the deep or heavy cushion, it becomes hot at times, cushion adjacent the opening 52, said pieces .be- 10 particularly in hot weather. One of the objects ing secured to the base plate and to the cushionof this invention is to provide a bucket type seat ing material by suitable adhesive, preferably a g with a drain opening so as to prevent the colsuitable rubber cement. The edges ll of the top lection of water therein, which opening also procovering 9 are bent down over the linings formed vides for ventilation of the seat and further proby the pieces 13 as shown in Fig. 4. 15 Vides for an anchorage of the seat attaching bolt. The plate 5 is reenforced at its bottom portion Heretofore, the attaching bolt had to be welded by plates l8 and 19, the plate It being secured to the seat bottom before the seat was cushioned, to the plate 5 by rivets while the plate i9 is and this protruding bolt caused trouble in the secured to the plate It in any suitable manner 20 subsequent handling of the seat. With the presbut preferably by Welding. The'plates l8 and I9 20 ent construction the attaching bolt is slipped and the plate 5 have aligned square holes to through the seat opening in the bottom plate of take the square ended shank 22 of a bolt 23, and

the seat and may, therefore, be put in after the said plates have aligned holes 24 forming a venseat is made. tilating" opening, and the plates 5 and 18 have 25 The invention further consists in the several aligned holes 25 forming a ventilating opening. 25 features hereinafter described and more particu- With this construction the bolt .23 may be readily larly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof. inserted through'theopening l2 into the aligned In the drawing: openings 2| in the plates, so that the shank will Fig. l is a top plan View of a seat embodying be held by the sides of said openings. the invention, parts being broken away; The elongated opening 2 with the openings 30 Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view; 2 3 and 25 provided, as above described, in the Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional View taken on the central portion of the seat provides a drain for broken line 3-3 of Fig. 1; the cavity'fi and also provides a ventilating pas- Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view taken on the sage which tends to keep the seat cool, as it perline 44 of Fig. l. mits air to circulate along the central portion 35 Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 desigthereof between the tuberosities. hates the metal plate forming the base of the I desire it to be understood that this invenseat and dished to provide a relatively deep cention is not to be limited to any particular form tral cavity 6 and a raised central front portion or arrangement of parts except in so far as such 40 I straddled by the legs of the user, this form limitations are included in the claims. 40

of seat being commonly called a bucket seat. What I claim as my invention is: p v This form of seat is used on agricultural imple- 1. In a bucket type seat, the combination of a ments and mac y, motor Cycles, n other metal base plate having a relatively deep central implements and vehicles exposed to the weather. it yieldable m terial covering the to f Seats of the character above described are id base plate and forming a cushion, a coverusually heavily cushioned, and one form of cushing of flexible material for said cushion, said ioning has been a layer or composite formation cushion having a slot at the .bottom of said 8 of spon rubber secured to the as plate 5 cavity, flexible lining members for the sides of I and hav a covering 9 of leather r nv s said slot, each lining .member secured to the secured thereto, said covering being secured to top andbottom portions of said cushion and at 50 t e Plate 5 in any Suitable manner, s r e the top extending beneath said covering, said mp y h use Of n anchoring rip I0 and covering having an opening aligned with said a wear strip II, as more particularly shown and l t, id b s plate having an opening described in my prior U. S. Patent No. 2,085,569, municating. with said slot.

dated June 29, 1937. 2. In a bucket type seat, the combination of a 55 having an opening aligned with said slot secured in overlapping relation with said lining, said base plate having an opening communicating with said slot.

JOSEPH E. BLOOMBERG. 

